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He developed a refined and elegant signature which was apparent from his first collection in 1952 ('a star is born' declared New York Magazine at the time) until his eventual retirement in 1995.

His most famous client was undoubtedly Audrey Hepburn, who wore one of his designs to accept her Academy Award for Roman Holiday in 1954. He went on to design her costumes for the films 'Funny Face' and 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'.

"It was... an enormous help to know that I looked the part," Hepburn once said of the designer. "Then the rest wasn't so tough anymore. Givenchy's lovely simple clothes [gave me] the feeling of being whoever I played."